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Archives for December, 2009


Role and Entitlement Management Again Already– What’s the Difference?

by Earl Perkins  |  December 23, 2009  |  2 Comments

 Season’s Greetings to readers– I hope this ramble finds all of you safe and healthy for the holiday season. Let me start by making an apology– there will be a lot of  phrases in quotes below (“like this”) since one of the main topics of discussion is word usage to describe things, so be warned. [...]

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End-of-Year Musings: What Do IAM Vendors Think About?

by Earl Perkins  |  December 10, 2009  |  2 Comments

As the year begins to draw to a close, I have been talking to a number of IAM vendors about their plans for the future. They in turn have been talking to me about Gartner’s view of customers future IAM plans. We often compare notes on what their customers are saying vs. what Gartner hears customers from [...]

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Entitlement Management Revisited- New Thoughts on Old Topics

by Earl Perkins  |  December 1, 2009  |  1 Comment

I hope everyone in the U.S. had a good Thanksgiving holiday, and I wish everyone globally the best of holiday seasons. I have been speaking to a lot of companies (something this job fortunately gives me the opportunity to do) regarding the topic of entitlement management again, mainly because they bring  the topic up. Some [...]

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